The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-21
SOUTH CAROLINA.

lOSJ n ron OF 5000,
The residence of Samuel Lamhy, of Ian
caster county, was recently broken INTO and
the thieves escaped with SO.
W r. Shaw, of Bishopville, has made an
assignment for the benefit of his creditors.
Liabilities 81, 500, assets $4,000.
r. z. Carnes, of Bishopyille, has failed in
business. His liabilities are estimated at
81, 800, while his assets are valued at e. 900.
Mr.. Addison Whitley, of Pleasant Hill, a
few DAYS ago lost his barn, with his whole
crop of corn, fodder and shucks from an in
cendiary fire.
At Ellenton Mrs. A. NJ. Bushs min dam
was undermined and broken Wednesday.
1t has been broken twice before this year,
the first and second times from heavy rains.
A colored boy died near Newberry, We'd
nesday, from the effect of gunshot wound
accidentally inflicted by a son of Munroe
Minter. They were hunting rabbits at the
time of the accident.
A through passenger service from Edisto
to Charleston, has been established by the
Charleston and Savannah railway, and
Charleston is now in daily communication
with Edisto and Wadmalaw Islands.
While George Payseur and DR.. Elliott
were handling pistol the other day in Ian
caster it discharged accidentally and the
ball passed through the leg of Elias Gill, a
colored man, who was standing on the oppo-
site side of the street.
An open pond near Ell lenton is literally
swarming with young carp. Col, Butler
furnished the gentleman who owns it few
carp several years since. They have never
prospered until this year. Now thousands
! from one to six inches are in the pond.
j. B. Erwin, the express messenger who
! had his leg broken and foot cut off in the
! Greer's collision, was sent from Grecnvllle
| Thursday to his home in Asheville, in a
special car, provided by the Southern Ex-
press Company. His condition is improved
| Alonzo Bowman, near Lowndesville, is a
great fox hunter. He has pet sheep that
stays with his bounds. The ouher day the
sheep ran through the race with the dogs
| When the fox was caught, the sheep step
| ped up, smelled the fox and butted it. The
sheep beats the hounds.
At Newberry, Wednesday, the trial of
the case of the State VS.. Will Murphy,
! charged with the murder of John T. Oxner,
white. was begun. Mr. Oxner, who was
killed by Murphy, was a prosperous white
! farmer of the Maybinton section of the
| county. Murphy is a mulatto, who had
been employed by Mr.. Oxner The plea
| was self-defense.
AT Chester. Lizzie Ray and Carrie Mel
| ton, colored women were arrested Wednes-
day on warrant issued by Trial Justice
Muller, Of Columbia. They arc charged
I with committing all assault upon Sallie
: Welsh by throwing elixir of vitriol in her
| face and on her body. They were in Column
ba last week. when, it is alleged, the crime
charged against them was perpetrated.
They were taken TO Columbia.
A few miles below Kearse, in Colleton
county. on last Friday night, on the planta-
! ton OF Dr. Rich, Bristoe Rice was killed NV
V1,,l- ko, Z ,,1
the lives of the Gyles negroes that day, and
that night met them and began shooting at
( Pink Gyles. He shot at Pink five times.
Gyles then shot and killed Rice. The YER
dict rendered by the Corouer's Jury was
murder. All of the parties are negroes.
At Greenvile Thursday, the Grand Jury
handed in their preSentment and were DIS
charged. They recommend that the Solicitor
prosecute the father of CfeOrglanna Hudson
7-year-old negro girl who killed two negro
children in the lower part of the county
some months ago. On account of her ex-
treme youth, the case against the child was
not pressed but the Grand Jury want the
father indicted for failure to support his
children.
John H. Steiumeyer, Aaron j. Barton,
Samuel j. Pregnall and John ID. Murphy,
of Charleston, have filed their declaration
with the Secretary of State. They desire
known as THE Steinmeyer Lumber Manu-
featuring Company" The principal place
! OF bp.ness will be in Charleston, and the
| b mess of the company will be the buying
selling and manufacturing of timber, lum-
Der and building materials of all kinds, and
the export of timber and lumber. The
capital stock will be $50 900, to be divided
into 800 shares of 500 each.
At Greenville Thursday the establishment
LEI
by the Sheriff. The firm is one of the oldest
in the city. and has been for years consid-
cred one OF the most solid business houses in
GreenVille. Capt. 5. A. Townes, Mayor OF
the city, is the resident partner. the other
is Mr.. aovey, living in Worcester county,
Massachusetts, Attachments were levied to
| the amount of 81, 900 or $4,000, and the total
indebtedness is estimated at from Sl4, 900 to
$4,000. The assets as represented by the
stock, and the property of the resident part
ner, will not aggregate over $1,000 IL is
understood that Mr.. Hovey is q man of
means, but the extent of his assets is I'M
known.
At Camden, Tuesday, novel point was
raised by Trial Justice Blakeney in the civil
case of McCandless VS.. Barfield, Mr.. Wink
Ter for the plaintiff aud Capt shannon for
the defense. Both sides wished the Trial
Justice to decide the question, and both re
fused to have jury. The Trial Justice
took the ground that his business was to
decide points of law brought before him,
but that il was not his province to pass upon
| the facts. and decided not to hear the case
unless jury was impaneled. The attorneys
appealed and the Circuit Judge will be
looked to for ruling in the case This is
meant as O test case to decide poiut of in
terest in Camden. Nearly all of the Cam
den bar seem TO think that the Trial Justice
will have to try the case without jury.
The canvassing for subscriptions 10 the
! Columbia Cotton Mills was continued
Thursday by Capt. Desportes. He only sue
ceedod in obtaining 500 in three hours
work. This made sis, 900 which had been
/ subscribed in the past three days and total
/ OF S48, 900 subscribed The fnoneyed men
are not coming to the front as they We're
expected to do. In some cases. where 50 600
was expected, $500 or s 900 was given, and
! that reluctantly lt is worthy of note that
| the first lady subscriber to this enterprise,
! in which Columbia is so vitality interested.
was bliss Hattie Moore, who has charge of
! the millinery department in VIM. Trumps
establishment She subscribed 5000, an
amount equal to that subscribed by some
men having incomes Of from $4,000 to SlU,-
900 year.
AT Edgefield, Wednesday the process Of
/ forming jury in the case against Josh-and
Laige Briggs for the murder of James S.
Blackwell. on Oct. 80. 1884, was commenced,
and il was not until Thursday morning that